| English Standard Version (ESV) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 1 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! | 1 Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people. |
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